great starting pitching.sox currently have lester and pray for rain.rays play great fundemental baseball.first in league in fielding.steal bases,sacrifice all the little things.they spent all spring traing on this.sox were reading their reviews and on the beach.maddon is a very good manager.coma is at best a cheerleader and not a very good one.rays and yanks play hard every inning,every game.sox take regular mental health breaks.

great starting pitching.sox currently have lester and pray for rain. rays play great fundemental baseball.first in league in fielding.steal bases,sacrifice all the little things.they spent all spring traing on this.sox were reading their reviews and on the beach. maddon is a very good manager.coma is at best a cheerleader and not a very good one. rays and yanks play hard every inning,every game.sox take regular mental health breaks.Posted by udontnojack

In Response to Re: why rays will catch sox : we'll revisit this next mondayPosted by udontnojack

Lets revisit it at the end of the month.

You seriously think the Rays are going to catch the Red Sox? If the Red Sox go 10 and 12 over the rest of the season Tampa Bay would have to go 17 and 5 to tie. If the Red Sox go 12 and 10 that would mean Tampa Bay would have to go 19 and 3.

The train has already left the station. This team is playing like there in the celler!. 11 innings with TORONTO & they can't score ONE (1) RUN!!! Are youkidding me!!! PATHETIC. I'm sick & tired of these denyers not facing realty.NO pitching, no heart, no enthusiasm & desire to win!-All a reflection ofFrancoma. That is why he is NOT considered a great mgr. You motivatepeople and create excitement-all lacking now. Stay with Francoma & thingswill NEVER change. The only way they can win is if they had 9 TED WILLIAMSon the team! LouV

The Rays will not catch the Sox. There is a little too much panic going here. The Sox will be just fine and will be in the playoffs at the end of this season. Enough with all the negativity.Posted by jrh1194

it has been a way of life for 100 years. i thought winning championships would end that, but i underestimated the power of culture. it is your (plural) bitter, clever, obsessive, delusional, manic/depressive nature now. bragging without conscience one week, throwing everyone on the team under the bus the next week.

In Response to Re: why rays will catch sox : it has been a way of life for 100 years. i thought winning championships would end that, but i underestimated the power of culture. it is your (plural) bitter, clever, obsessive, delusional, manic/depressive nature now. bragging without conscience one week, throwing everyone on the team under the bus the next week.Posted by mick711

great starting pitching.sox currently have lester and pray for rain. rays play great fundemental baseball.first in league in fielding.steal bases,sacrifice all the little things.they spent all spring traing on this.sox were reading their reviews and on the beach. maddon is a very good manager.coma is at best a cheerleader and not a very good one. rays and yanks play hard every inning,every game.sox take regular mental health breaks.Posted by udontnojack

i bet given the choice, Maddon would rather be the cheerleader right now...

In Response to Re: why rays will catch sox : Lets revisit it at the end of the month. You seriously think the Rays are going to catch the Red Sox? If the Red Sox go 10 and 12 over the rest of the season Tampa Bay would have to go 17 and 5 to tie. If the Red Sox go 12 and 10 that would mean Tampa Bay would have to go 19 and 3. Are you joking?Posted by snakeoil123

snake, the dude needs to change his handle from UDONTNOJACK to IDONTNODICK.

Sox are a far better team through and through than the Rays. But they've picked the worst possible time to s*ck.

There are seven games left against the Rays. Overall record in MLB is far less telling than seeing a team get hot down the stretch. That's pretty much why we won 2 WS these past eight years. Get to the postseason and it really doesn't matter if you won 100 games, or 80 games. The team that has the momentum goes deep in the postseason.

The Rays are the classic spoiler team, they're currently playing the Rangers tough which allows the Angels a chance to to close the gap in the west. Starting this Friday they have 13 scheduled games against the Sox and Yanks and if they dominate one series or the other they'll play themsleves back into the race, but likely fall short...what they will have a say in, is who wins the division.

Sox are a far better team through and through than the Rays. But they've picked the worst possible time to s*ck. There are seven games left against the Rays. Overall record in MLB is far less telling than seeing a team get hot down the stretch. That's pretty much why we won 2 WS these past eight years. Get to the postseason and it really doesn't matter if you won 100 games, or 80 games. The team that has the momentum goes deep in the postseason. So here's hoping for a momentum shift in the AL east soon. Posted by soups

Actually, I think this is a pretty good time to s*ck. This team has been prone to offensive slumps, but they do not last long. Certainly not a month. I prefer s*cking now, getting it out of the way, and start firing on all cylinders by the end of the month, and on into the playoffs.

great starting pitching.sox currently have lester and pray for rain. rays play great fundemental baseball.first in league in fielding.steal bases,sacrifice all the little things.they spent all spring traing on this.sox were reading their reviews and on the beach. maddon is a very good manager.coma is at best a cheerleader and not a very good one. rays and yanks play hard every inning,every game.sox take regular mental health breaks.Posted by udontnojack

Because they didn't spend nealry 200 million on payroll.Posted by BurritoT

If you want to run with the big dog's you can't pizz like a puppy...

Tampa's inablity to compete over the long hual is a byproduct of playing in the same division with the New York Yankees, they of the 225M dollar payroll and The Red Sox under John Henry chose to increase their payroll in an effort to compete with the Yank's...The Phillies use the same model in the NL all three use their resources to their competitive advantage trying to build championship rosters by all means nessasary each year.

Tampa would be a perennial power in any of the other 4 divisions in the AL East they have to take advantage of the years where their rosters are capable of winning 95 games...this is not one of those years, but they'll be right there again next...

Just for the record...

The Rays aren't the best small ball team in the AL, infact they're 3rd in total stolen bases, 11th in steal pct...In terms of sacrificing or moving runners, they're middle of the pack in sacrifice hits 8th and 13th out of 14 teams in sacrifice fly's....So they infact are not leaders in any of these categories in fact they are below the median average in all three categories in the AL, save for total stolen bases...They do lead the league in the fewest errors but are tied with the Red and White Sox for fielding pct by a team...